A federal court said OPM's directives on probationary firings have no legal effect, since the office has no authority to order firings in other agencies.
John Phelan, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Navy, says his background makes him the right candidate to fix the issues that have plagued the service.
Trump officials gave terminated USAID employees 15-minute windows on Thursday to enter the agency headquarters, pack up belongings and leave for the last time.
GSA officials told some employees to prepare for a “box RIF,” meaning the elimination of entire groups or work functions.
The Defense Department has begun the process of identifying consulting contracts through GSA that it doesn't need and canceling them.
The Energy Department, via the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is boosting research into fusion energy.
The inspector general found that many trainees far exceeded the Army body fat standards before starting the prep course.
The RIFs directive from the White House is the latest step the Trump administration has taken to reduce the size of the federal workforce.
Anne Meeker, a former congressional staff member, says layoffs in the executive branch lessen agencies' abilities to deal with citizens.
The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts that Secretary Collins a day earlier described as simply consulting deals whose cancellation would save $2 billion.
The board found the Office of Special Counsel had made a "reasonable" case that the workers' firings, part of recent waves of mass terminations, were unlawful.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court late Wednesday temporarily blocked a court order requiring the administration to release billions of dollars in foreign aid.